40results about "Tool changing apparatus" patented technology

A machining center comprising two independent carriages (14', 14'') supported so that they can slide along respective longitudinal translation axes (X', X'') by two parallel horizontal rails (16a, 16b) which are fixed in a raised position to a supporting structure (12). The carriages (14', 14'') support respective machining heads (22', 22'') which can move along two respective translation axes (Y', Y'', Z', Z''). The machining heads (22', 22'') support respective tool holding spindles (28', 28'') arranged with a vertical axis. At least one workpiece holding table (34', 34'') is supported at the base (30', 30'') of the supporting structure (12) in a rotatable manner about a first horizontal and transverse rotation axis (Yr', Yr'') and about a second rotation axis (Hr', Hr'') which is perpendicular to the first one. Two mechanized tool magazines (36', 36'') are supported at the opposite longitudinal ends of the supporting structure (12) and are accessible by the spindles (28', 28'').

A clamping system having first and second clamping mechanisms with respective contact faces, that are couplable such that the contact faces press together with a coupling force. The first clamping mechanism has first and second elements and at least three clamping spheres, the first and second elements being twistable relative to one another, and the clamping spheres being mounted on fixed positions of the second element to be rollable along a circular line. The second clamping mechanism has groove guides assigned to the clamping spheres which have helical groove courses in clamping portions. When coupling the clamping mechanisms, by twisting the second element relative to the first, first regions of the clamping spheres are moved to a clamping position which presses the contact faces together via coupling force. When coupling, the clamping spheres in the clamping portions roll over large distances, leading to low wear and activation with reduced force.

A tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system includes a tool body disposed about a rotational axis and defining an internal passage operable to flow a fluid therein. The internal passage includes an inlet, stem channel, first and second curved channels, and first and second transition portions. The inlet is configured to receive the fluid from the machine. First and second outlets are open through an exterior of the tool body. The stem channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and ends at a beginning of the first and second transition portions. The first curved channel extends from the first transition portion to the first outlet. The second curved channel extends from the second transition portion to the second outlet.

On a back side of a table, moving bodies are provided being movable in a left-right direction. A bending system includes moving actuators to cause the moving bodies to move in the left-right direction relative to the table and position detectors to detect positions of the moving bodies in the left-right direction. The moving bodies are provided with hole detectors to detect the engagement holes of tools fitted to a tool holder. The bending system includes a hole position acquisition unit to acquire positions of the engagement holes of the tools in the left-right direction, based on positions of the moving bodies in the left-right direction at the time of the engagement holes of the tools being detected.

Blade attachment-detachment support device (1) used for a cutting device (100), comprising: a cutting blade (121) attached to a spindle (123), a nut (126) for fastening the cutting blade (121) to the spindle (123), and a rotation stop part (127) which inhibits rotation of the spindle (123), the blade attachment-detachment support device (1) comprising: a nut rotating part (10) having an engaging part (12) which engages an engaged part (135) of a surface of the nut (126); a nut gripping part (50) arranged on the nut rotating part (10) and gripping an outer peripheral part (136) of the nut (126); a housing (30) surrounding the nut rotating part (10) while supporting the nut rotating part (10) rotatably through a predetermined angle; and a locking mechanism (60) which maintains a state in which the nut gripping part (50) engages the outer peripheral part of the nut (126), wherein the nut rotating part (10) is arranged to be able to move forward and backward relative to the housing (30) to a projection position at which the nut gripping part (50) is allowed to be attached to and detached from the outer peripheral part of the nut (126), and a fastening position at which the nut gripping part (50) is accommodated in the housing (30) and an engagement between the nut gripping part (50) and the nut (126) is maintained, the nut rotating part (10) is fastened to the housing (30) with the interposition of a clamping part (23) which pushes the nut rotating part (10) out to the projection position, and the locking mechanism (60) has a projection inhibiting part (38) by which an advance and a retraction of the nut rotating part (10) is inhibited by an engagement of the nut rotating part (10) with the housing (30) when the housing (30) is rotated in a direction which loosens the nut (126) and the housing (30) rotates relative to the nut rotating part (10) to be positioned in a predetermined orientation at the fastening position to which the nut rotating part (10) has been pressed.

This machine tool system is provided with a tool holder adaptor (63) that has a flange (65) having formed therein: a hole part that contains a tool holder (73); and an engagement part (67) that engages with a hand of a self-propelled robot (51), wherein when transporting the tool holder (63) to a machine tool (11) from a tool storage (61) that contains a plurality of tool holder adaptors (63), the self-propelled robot (51) grasps the tool holder adaptor (63) to transport the tool.

The tool magazine has: a first drive mechanism portion (161) that rotates the tool holder (112) so that the identification member (116) is positioned at a first position (Pa) in the tool holder (112) arranged to a delivery position different from a tool magazine side tool exchange position (J), and is positioned at a second position (Pb) in the tool holder (112) arranged to the tool magazine side tool exchange position (J); and a second drive mechanism portion (171) that moves the reading device (121) so that the reading device (121) is positioned at a third position (Pc) in a case where the identification member (116) is read by the reading device (121), and is positioned at a fourth position (Pd) in a case where the tool holder (112) is delivered.

The invention relates to a mounting device for carrying out mounting steps on a wall and to a method for exchanging a tool accommodated by the mounting device. The mounting device has a mounting device (10) which has a drive unit (12) and a tool holder (16). The tool holder (16) is connected to the drive unit (12) and is provided for accommodating a tool (22) which extends away from the tool holder (16) in a tool direction (14) and can be driven by the drive unit (12). The tool holder can assume a locked state and an unlocked state, in which the tool (22) accommodated by the tool holder (16) can be removed from the tool holder (16) in the unlocked state and is fixed in the tool holder (16) and thus cannot be removed in the locked state. The mounting device (10) has an unlocking device (28). The unlocking device has an actuator (30, 32) which can be actuated, which is designed and arranged in such a way that, by means of the actuator (30, 32), the tool holder (16) can be brought from the locked state into the unlocked state, in which the tool (22) can be released.

A tool holder locking sleeve includes a tool sleeve; a pulling claw; an elastic component; and a pin, one end of a tool holder accommodating cavity inside the tool sleeve is provided with a tool holder installation opening, and another end is provided with a pulling claw installation portion; a tool holder clamping portion of the pulling claw is provided with a tool holder clamping surface, the pulling claw is hinged on a pulling claw installation portion, the elastic component connects the pulling claw and the tool sleeve, after the tool holder is inserted into the tool holder accommodating cavity, the pulling claw is driven by the elastic component so that the tool holder clamping portion is engaged into the tool holder to engage the clamping surface of the tool holder with the inner diameter of the tool holder.

The clamping system (1) according to the invention comprises a first and a second clamping device (2, 3), which have a first and a second contact surface (2b, 3b) respectively and can be coupled such that the first and the second contact surface (2b, 3b) bear against one another when subjected to a coupling force. The first clamping device (2) comprises a first element (4), a second element (5), and at least three clamping balls (6), wherein the first and the second element (4, 5) are rotatable relative to one another and the at least three clamping balls (6) are mounted so as to roll along a circular line at fixed positions of the second element (5). The second clamping device (3) has at least three groove guides (9) which are assigned to the clamping balls (6) and have helical groove profiles in clamping sections (9b).When the clamping devices (2, 3) are coupled, the first regions (6a) of the clamping balls (6) are brought into a clamping position by rotating the second element (5) relative to the first element (4), which presses the first and second contact surfaces (2b, 3b) together with the coupling force. During coupling, the clamping balls (6) roll over large distances in the clamping sections (9b), resulting in minimal material wear and ensuring actuation with reduced force.

The present disclosure provides a "Tool Machining Assembly with Internal Coolant Passage for Machine Tool". The present disclosure relates to a tool machining assembly for a machine tool having an automatic tool changer system. The tool machining assembly includes a holder, a tool body, and an internal passage defined within and extending through the holder and the tool body. The holder includes a machine tool interface configured to engage with a spindle of the machine tool. The internal passage is operable to flow a coolant fluid therewithin and has a dry pipe and a curved pipe extending from the dry pipe.

The present invention provides a blade disc machining center tool magazine including a T2 axis rotation assembly; and an A axis rotation assembly, wherein the T2 axis rotation assembly can move along a T1 axis, and when an axis of a swing head is parallel to a plane where a tool disc is located, or is in the plane where the tool disc is located, the axis of the swing head is parallel to or coincides with a linear axis of the tool disc. The present invention also provides a blade disc machining center tool changing method that does not require the use of complex equipment such as manipulators. A tool changing process can be completely implemented by relying on the mutual cooperation of a Z axis, a Y axis and the T1 axis of a machine tool. In addition, during the tool changing process, the grabbing and releasing of a tool can be implemented simply by the cooperation of a single linear axis movement, which greatly reduces the complexity of a tool changing action, makes a tool changing logic of the machine tool more concise and easy to operate, is simple in structure, has good stability, and is easy to maintain.

In an installing method for installing divided upper tools to upper tool holders disposed to be spaced at an appropriate interval in a left-right direction in a lower portion of an upper table of a press brake, by using a tool changer, a round bar-shaped finger provided in the tool changer is engaged in a circular engagement hole provided at a central portion in the lateral direction of each divided upper tool. The divided upper tool is temporarily positioned in a gap between an upper tool holder to which the divided upper tool is to be installed, and an adjacent upper tool holder. The temporarily positioned divided upper tool is moved in the left-right direction to be installed to the upper tool holder to which the divided upper tool is to be installed.

A tool machine magazine includes a base (10), a tool disc (20) disposed on the base (10), tool sleeves (30) disposed on a periphery of the tool disc (20) through a bearing (40), a motor (51), a brake structure (52), a cam (53), a driver shaft (54), an angle sensor (57), and a control terminal (58). The motor (51) drives the cam (53) to operate. Each bearing (40) orderly operates along the outline (531) of the cam (53), driving the tool disc (20) to continuously rotate without intermittence. The angle sensor (57) is disposed on one end of the driver shaft (54) or a rotation center of the tool disc (20). When the rotation angle of the tool disc (20) matches the tool change command, the control terminal (58) controls the brake structure (52) to stop the motor (51), so as to stop the tool disc (20) for facilitating the tool change operation.

A tool (10) for a press brake includes a tool main body (18), an attachment portion (20) formed on a base end side of the tool main body and configured to be detachably attached to a tool installation portion (14) of the press brake by using a tool changer (12), and a bending portion (22) formed on a distal end side of the tool main body and used to bend a plate-shaped workpiece. An engagement hole (18h) having a circular cross-sectional shape to be engaged with a bar-shaped finger (30) of the tool changer extends through the tool main body in a thickness direction. An anti-rotation bottomed depressed portion (18f) configured to receive a distal end of an anti-rotation member (34) of the tool changer is formed in a vicinity of the engagement hole.

A clamping system having first and second clamping mechanisms with respective contact faces, that are couplable such that the contact faces press together with a coupling force. The first clamping mechanism has first and second elements and at least three clamping spheres, the first and second elements being twistable relative to one another, and the clamping spheres being mounted on fixed positions of the second element to be rollable along a circular line. The second clamping mechanism has groove guides assigned to the clamping spheres which have helical groove courses in clamping portions. When coupling the clamping mechanisms, by twisting the second element relative to the first, first regions of the clamping spheres are moved to a clamping position which presses the contact faces together via coupling force. When coupling, the clamping spheres in the clamping portions roll over large distances, leading to low wear and activation with reduced force.

The present application relates to a multi-axis machining center provided with a mechanized tool magazine. The machining center comprises two independent carriages supported by two parallel horizontal rails fixed in raised position to a support structure so that they can slide along respective longitudinal translation axes. The carriages support respective machining heads movable along two corresponding translation axes. The machining heads support respective tool holding spindles arranged with a vertical axis. At least one workpiece holding table is supported at a base of the support structure in a manner rotatable about a first horizontal and transversal rotation axis and about a second rotation axis vertical to the first rotation axis. Two mechanized tool magazines are supported at opposite longitudinal ends of the support structure and are usable by the spindles.

Method for manufacturing a gearbox housing (10) comprising the following: Positioning a cast housing with multiple fluid drain holes (22) below a central axis (X) of the cast housing; Drilling and face milling of several internal bores (72) and several surfaces (74) of the housing to form a rough-machined housing; and Blowing off machining chips (44) from the rough-machined housing through the fluid drain holes.

The present invention is a mechanical automatic tool changing mechanism and method of a robot arm end shaft, in which a first connecting plate is fixed or extended on a robot arm end shaft, and a plurality of selectable second connecting plates are provided on a plurality of tool changing seats, and each of the aforementioned tool changing seats has a third force to fix the second connecting plate. The robot arm end shaft drives the first connecting plate to selectively combine with any of the aforementioned second connecting plates along a second direction. The robot arm end shaft drives the first connecting plate and the combined second connecting plate along the first direction away from the tool changing seat or toward the empty tool changing seat, and the first direction and the second direction have an angle; during the process of the second connecting plate moving toward the empty tool changing seat, before the robot arm end shaft drives the first connecting plate to separate from the second connecting plate, the third force acts on the second connecting plate to limit the movement of the second connecting plate along the first direction and the second direction.

The present invention provides a tool magazine for a brisk machining center, which includes a T2-axis rotation assembly and an A-axis rotation assembly. The T2-axis rotation assembly can move along the T1 axis. When the axis of the swing head is parallel to the plane including the cutter head or located in the plane including the cutter head, the axis of the swing head is parallel to or overlaps with the linear axis of the cutter head. The present invention further provides a tool changing method for a brisk machining center, which does not require the use of complex devices such as manipulators. The process of tool changing is fully realized by the mutual combination of the Z-axis, Y-axis and T1-axis of the machine tool. Moreover, in the process of tool changing, the operations of gripping and releasing the tool are realized only by combining the movements of a single linear axis, greatly reducing the complexity of the tool changing operation, simplifying the logic of tool changing in the machine tool, making the operation easy, having a simple structure, excellent stability and being easy to maintain.

A magazine includes: a first driving mechanism unit that rotates tool pots so as to position, at a first position, an identifier in a tool pot placed at a transportation position different from a magazine-side tool change position and so as to position, at a second position, an identifier in a tool pot placed at the magazine-side tool change position; and a second driving mechanism unit that moves a reading device so as to position the reading device at a third position when reading the identifier by the reading device and so as to position the reading device at a fourth position when transporting the tool pots.

This tool conveying device (80) is provided with: an indexing device (82) comprising an input shaft (82a), a first output shaft (82b), and a second output shaft (82c) which is positioned adjacent and parallel to the first output shaft (82b), wherein the input shaft (82a) is linked to a servo motor (81), the first output shaft (82b) rotates during rotation of the input shaft (82a) and the second output shaft (82c) stops at a prescribed angular position in a certain period during rotation of the input shaft (82a) and rotates in the remaining period during said rotation of the input shaft (82a); a gripper (84); a turning part (83) which is driven by the second output shaft (82c) of the indexing device (82) and which supports the gripper (84); and a gripper opening / closing member (82i) which is driven by the first output shaft (82b) of the indexing device (82).

Multitasking machine tool (1) comprising: a first tool holder (9) containing a tool spindle (8) configured to allow a tool (T) to be detachably attached to it, wherein the first tool holder (9) is configured to be displaceable in predetermined directions and to a first tool change area in which the tool (T) attached to the tool spindle (8) of the first tool holder (9) can be exchanged for another tool, and to a second tool change area; a second tool holder (10) configured to allow a tool (S) to be detachably attached to it independently of the attachment or removal of the tool (T) to or from the tool spindle (8) of the first tool holder (9); a tool changer (31, 41, 51, 61) which includes at least one gripper (32a, 32b, 42a, 42b, 52a, 52b, 62a, 62b, 62c, 62d) configured to hold a tool (S) to be attached to the second tool holder (10); and an automatic tool changer configured to change the tool (T) attached to the tool spindle (8) of the first tool holder (9) positioned in the first tool change area, and to detachably attach the tool change part (31, 41, 51, 61) to the tool spindle (8) of the first tool holder (9) positioned in the first tool change area, characterized by the fact that a change of the tool (S) attached to the second tool holder (10) for another tool is carried out by a movement of the first tool holder (9), which is located in the second tool change area with the tool change part (31, 41, 51, 61) attached to the tool spindle (8) of the first tool holder (9), and whose movement includes a displacement of the first tool holder (9) and / or a rotation of the tool spindle (8) of the first tool holder (9).

A blade disc machining center tool magazine including a T2 axis rotation assembly; and an A axis rotation assembly, wherein the T2 axis rotation assembly can move along a T1 axis, and when an axis of a swing head is parallel to a plane where a tool disc is located, or is in the plane where the tool disc is located, the axis of the swing head is parallel to or coincides with a linear axis of the tool disc. A blade disc machining center tool changing method does not require the use of complex equipment such as manipulators. A tool changing process can be completely implemented by relying on the mutual cooperation of a Z axis, a Y axis and the T1 axis of a machine tool.

A bending system includes a tool storage, first and second tool exchange units each having a tool retention member, and a control device. When misalignment of tools held by a tool holder of a press brake occurs or is estimated to occur, the control device is configured to (1) move the first tool exchange unit to one side in a lateral direction to a position corresponding to one end of a regular arrangement position at which the tool retention member of the first tool exchange unit contacts with the tools and (2) move the second tool exchange unit to another side in the lateral direction to a position corresponding to another end of the regular arrangement position at which the tool retention member of the second tool exchange unit contacts with the tools.

This invention provides a tool changing device that prevents breakage of cutting tools and damage to the flange when mounting cutting tools with different cutting thicknesses on a tool mounting base. The tool changing device used in a cutting apparatus includes: a holding part that detachably holds one side of the cutting tool; a moving part that moves the holding part, holding the cutting tool, relative to the spindle in the axial direction of the spindle, positioning the holding part at least at a mounting position where the other side of the cutting tool, located opposite to one side, is at least a predetermined distance from the flange of the tool mounting base, and at a disengaged position where the cutting tool is away from the tool mounting base; and a thickness information acquiring part that acquires information about the thickness of the cutting tool, adjusting the mounting position of the holding part based on the thickness of the cutting tool acquired by the thickness information acquiring part.

A processing device with a constant force spindle capable of quickly switching a force control axial direction and a processing method thereof, having a quick-detach unit fixed at a constant force control unit by a first quick-connecting piece, and respectively connecting and moving synchronously with the spindle by a second quick-connecting piece and a third quick-connecting piece, the first quick-connecting piece moves along with a working end of a multi-axial transfer unit, and when combined, a first axial direction that is coaxial with the force control axial direction is defined; alternatively, the first quick-connecting piece moves along with the working end of the multi-axial transfer unit, and when combined, a second axial direction that is coaxial with the force control axial direction is defined, the first axial direction is not parallel to the second axial direction and has an included angle.